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award a : prize each week for the'
best . essay submittedj fey a, grade
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Scheduled on this
UP KJ OUR CELERY
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The Industry Has Had Won-
dcrfur Growth, I hrougni
1 Patient Toil
;: Fhd principles - of . Bccessful
relory rowinjt are in no place in
thf. t wprld better' understood;- or
moro strictly adhered, to-lhan
hero in tne saiem aisinci, anu ":
telUsentalW f hortmgh xpmenu -
horn in the Salem district, and la
throughout the, industry, jare con
stantly carrixSBn .hre." lff
ideal limati5iiffiiTdndiUon
to Rtart vith. aH thcso patient and
intelligent ef torts- promise much
lor the future of the. industry
hero. Inl the -way of producing a
superior I quality, .sent. to thejmar-
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h' j; -iSettingftheiyburig
,n . tte lst possible' -ways. i cultiyatpr, altlf bugh1 a tust amount
1 Vets
- Hack, of -thl re ambition and
- Jdealismi promising - the constant
expansion of the industry. To give
the reader an idea of the stages
vt the growth of the Industry
Is fro'ra -the "beginning nereT sixteen
U years ago, 'and to coureya rcon
i ception of the, toil and.cares and
f study required to turn off a qual
f Jty -crop, comparing more than
lavoi'ablj with the best. produced
elsewhere, . the f ollowjng excerpt?
fromr former articles of Roy
Fukudai the. pioneer of ithe Indus
t- try here; and the largest of our
! growers now and alLthe. time;- are
l glen below:) ; - ,
. Our ahowiag r-'Webmejnore
, ! .creditable when I think of wha
. we hd to start ' with, just mud
holes i that required much work
1 to make into the wonderful pro-
ducUre place ff vows. J&d Just
j nere seems iouwqut opuiFiuniiy
for ; deTelopment , and expansion
f ' untiF wenay3ippe .to ejial.Catifri
f i ornla'in tne ntt'mber "of Tafs sent
. out when we hare UTILIZED ALL 1
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! it fs'Grbwihg Every Year, and
Vtil Keep on increasing
' Celery Union Expects
Highway, for4he .Sale of
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Editor Statesman:
r Beginning In 190?jtow 18 yeaM
ego, with 5.000. eelery plant
which coTered less than one-tenth
of "an acre, the mareIous growth
of the industry may be noted when
I tell yon that our acreage f or Ihe
year Just closed was 256 acres
wiy a ahipment ofjjxore than 300
cars "from the Lake Lablsh dis
trict, and -we could .easily hare
sold 200 carsniore lf we tad Bad
it. : t K :f - :v -
"rfy the term'fwe, I" mean the
flabish Meadows Celery Unit, t, of
which I am theU presidents and
Ronald Jones, the son of Hon. M:
1. 'Jones, is secretary. The land
upon" which, we gre'w .the celery is
largely that which we: lease from
the M: L. Jones family., and oar
.union, as has been stated many
times in the Statesman, 1s com
posed of about twenty grower,
both - American 'and - "Japanese,
while a great deal of the help we
employ is American, especially in
the work of trucking and hauling.
i Bomethln? like 250' persons are
VJCU lu tuts iuniU(, cuu vi
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the industries
page.
TH choUNb THAlf IS ADAPT
ED fro! CELERY, few growers
orn;land Most of them lease tho-!
landjpiying from 125 to. $50 and
more per acre.-" I '
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j Iethodsof CirowiuR i ,
Kpw something as "to the meth
ods j of growing : the. crop. For
eacJy celery ye 'plant the seed in
the j greenhouse about i February
10 and when the .plant Jias attain
ed half tan inch in growth it is re
planted! to the!
hotbed where it re
is six ; Inches high
mains until it
when itlis placed in its permanent
ted
and
which is-between April 20
May 10
The groun'd" has, of
thoroughly; worked
course, I been
- - veral lIm8
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Iplowing. harrowing,
clod smashing - sa tut
there isfnot a
t.
weed or rough place
to imeiifere w,
ilb thetpfaftt which
reauires extrej
mely delicate hand-
lineK from
stirt to finish. TJe
nlahts kre piacedi (see r.yt) six
inches apart in the rows and the
row are thre feet apart' thus al
lowing room
for a "horse-drawn
-A
of wbrW is done., by -a garden hoe I
and j still mujch other work .by
haad.r$nd If -yon; -hare noticed
workmen and workwomen setting
out the plantsstoopjing over the.
long! rolws, .or carrying sprinkling
pots df water,. 1 you perhaps
realized that it was not as much
fun aj 1 FOURTH, 't)F JUL.V PIC
NIC . i- .
'r tTse Much: Fertilizer
; Afteif growth has started from
this latt setting out, trenches; are
made six inches from the. hills into
which pitrate of soda is placed,
at' the rate of 200 or 300 pounds
per icrk thLs item costing $65 per
ton. j Ajlso ve nse'20 wagon loads
of barn! yard manures to the acre,
paying Strom $3 tat SJ'per load (ol
the -Sfarpaers' for . it, so that our
fertilizer cost is' tl 60 per acre.
Cultivation, must of course be con
4U)Urd Without an Jnerlude in or
der to bripg the first celery into
market by the Fourth of ; July.
nrwi pei-sons working industrious-
ly may care, for three -acres. The
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MMIffi
the Indications Are;That It
r - rom;Tearto: Tearjnaeiinneiy
to Operia : Store on the Pacific
-Vegetables' thresh From the
the fcr6p, .which is not counting
thenumber.who find employment
ajl. the way from' grower to cony
sumer.i as' we: require the senrices
of trucks, railroads, lumbeY niills.
ribbon jfactores, paper mills,and
a , considerable- actlf Ity along- the
groceryj line tnay be noted when
it if remembered , that our :2!0
;rower$ must buy food for their
j- A Million Doiar Indnsfry "
, I jimesrei; mention these, things
to . show that tbe-million dollars
annually which the celery Industry
brings ito this section of the; Sa
lem jcountry, does not all go into
our own pockets, but, is Tery wide
ly distributed, all of it at home,
except. What we pay fjr Imported
celeify eed.- jThl cost us $15 a
pound end comes from France, but
it is ; not a eonsiderable item, since
one ounce will yield 20,000 plants,
and it requires only-25,000 plants
to the icre. . ) '
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stated very widely in the
ContiauU on pare 10)
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f SIXTH CONSEGUTIVE YEAR
THE DAILY STATESMAN dedicates one full page
each week in the interests of one of the fifty-two basic
industries of the Salem district. Letters and articles
from boosters are solicited; This is your page. Help
boost Salem. I ! :
main harvest begins just before
Thanksgiving, and ' ends abour
Now Years".
Th Soetl From France
pur s?ed we secure from France
anil this1 costs us SI 5 per pound,
but that is not a considerable item
of expense, since one ounce of
seed yiejds 20,000 plants. We set
out 25.000 plant.i to the acre, se
lecting only the strongest and best
so! that it may be said that two
anil one-half ounces of seed are.
required to plant' an acre.
The BleachinK
Bleaching the finished product
requires 14 to 21 days and. 10,000
feet of lumber to the acre,, which:
costs i0 a. thousand feet. Oun
fertilize for "the year runs into;,
thousands of dollars, and this is i
an expense that must be met ah-2
mullv. i for however rich thH
grmind celery is a gross feeder.
and fertilizer is one thing we can-1
nok. econjomize on.
Paper and Ribbons
,ilany tons .of wrapping paper
are used, the product coming from
r - r. .
the Salem paper .mill, as
d pur
chased through the Rodgers Paper
company! f It also costs money.
Wq also use what to the. trade isi
known as "ribbons," a cotton tape
..in red find blue indicating the
grade, which comes in spools of
1000 yards. ; r
Ipney for Railroads
, A car kent to Omaha, Neb., cost
us $250. while $75 more is re
quired t ice it, so that the rail
roads get a lot of money from the
industry- But the roads'or trans
portation! f companies hare shown
their appreciation ' of the patron-
age we have given them. Particu
larly Is this true with the Oregon
Electric company, which erected
tea magnificent warehouse at Quin
ary, In sire 40x110. feet, and which
has a capacity of 15 cars, built
especially for us and leased to us
for a term of years, and during
the shipping season they .employ
an .. exprfttWand telegraph agent
which his "greatly facilitated our
work. i -
,1' A Good Neighbor ;
Now, Mr." Editor, 1 haye gone
into detail in this matter of cel
ery growing, from the purchase of
seed to the time you find the crisp I
whfte stalks on your Thanksgiving 1
.table, but it is big subject and
bound t grow larger each year, j
'. I try to be a good neighbor and j
friendNand I have no secrets about f
the. work that I wiabV to conceal, I
thus giving my methods that have ;
proven profitable and as you can :
see the work pays money not only ,
to the growers, but; to the Salem
saw mill.; the paper milK the rib-1
bon manufacturers, the fertilizer
people, the . railroads, the auto '
truck factories, and the numerous'
workmen; employed in, our fields,;
who in j turn spend money with (
the grocer and clothier.
" It Is a great industry, and I
shall demote my life to making it
bigger nhd better. - . ;
Other. Industries and Experiments
' . (Som readers will be interest
ed to know that, the group of peo
ple responsible for the beginnings
and development of our celery'Jn
dustry have also built' up a large
head lettuce industry, making car
load andj other shipments, that is
constantly expanding, and, has a
fine- outjook for; large growth.
Also, that they, are experimenting
with asparagus, with various var
ieties arid on different types of
soil, with a view to large opera
tions, both for car load shipments
kndfor canning; which .may con
ceivably even ' have a more stu
pendous future than the celery
industry., And the same grpnp of
growers j are also experimenting
with other -vegetable lines,' with. a
view to. commercial expansion.--
Ed.) j . ' ' . '
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THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
DID YOU KNOW that Salem is the market center of the
coming most extensive celery growing district in the
United States; j that jwe are already far ahead of any
other section of Oregon or the Pacific Northwest in the
industry; that our growers produce and pack here the
finest quality of celery grown in the world; that they get
$1 a crate and more above the price paid the California
growers for their best celery; that this difference alone
means a handsbme profit to our growers, and must of
necessity result, in the steady growth of the industry
herej that, for the man with the right kin.d of land,
some capital, and a great deal of industry, there is room
and certain fortune here in celery growing; that ther? is
a welcome here I for more and more celery growers, and
that celery growers in other sections can afford to abon
don their places and; come here, where they tan grow
quality celery commanding t$l a crate and more prem
ium? !"""' i " " ' .! " -
Dates of 'Slogans in Daily Statesman
(In Twicc-a-Wcek Statennum Following Da3 )
(Vith n few pstble changes)
LoganotTrles, October 1
IVuih-s, Ocoler 8 '
Dairying, Octoixr; 15
Flax, October 153 i
FillMrt, tNtober S
. Walnut. t, Nuveiaber R j .
HI rmvtx-rrirf, Nomu ber j 1 2 -Apple,
Xovenibr 1
ItnxplM'rriesi, November 20
Mint, l?cemh!!r 3
Iban.s, Ktc, Ilecember 10
TMackberries, iV-cerober 17
0errlc, llvcembfir iS4
I'ears, Ikvrmlifr 31
CaoONebrrtas, January 7, 1025
Corn,' January I 4 i
Celery. January t
Kpiiiach. Ktc., Jauuary 28
Onions, Ktc. February 4
Potato, Ftc, February 11
Bees, February 18 j
Poultry and Pet Stock, Feb. 23
. City Beautiful, EUu, Marcb 4 "
Great Cows. Slarcb 11
: Paved Highways, ftlarCb 18
Head lettuce, March 25 " "
kiltn, Ktc Aprtl I "
Legumes, April 8 j v
! Asparagus, Etc., April 15 -.
Grafios, Ktc, April 23
Drug Garden, April 2U
MARKETED OUR CELERY DIRECT IN
TWETOTY DIFFERENT STATES LAST YEAH
Besides Sending Someto tlie!Domiriion of Canada Ne
braska, Minnesota," Iowa and Illinois Were the Heavi
est Consumers, With California, Texas, Missouri,
Montana and Kansas Good Customers We Grow
Quality Celery j .
Editor Statesman:
T A great deal has beea" written
about the celery industry,! but I
wilt try to touch on so mo of the
most important parts that bear
on the growth of the industry in
this section." ' j' . 5
! "On the rich beaverdam lands of
Lake Labish we have an advantage
over every other section produc
ing celery in Oregon, .fhere is
mm m p mm i mm" i.
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Some llaibfshi Celery
plenty of water In this-iauc! m the
form of natural springs which will
see' the crop through ahy drought
that we have ever experienced, and
celery takes a good deal of water
during the dry part of the eum-
S The best celery authorities tell
us that with plenty of fertilizer
and water any ground U,t hi cli
mate' will grow celery; :but'i in or
der to grow it for commercial pur
poses it is necessary to, grow It
where the cost of fertilizer and
cost .of supplying water,? Js Jow as
possible. m "",
' Produce Quality J(?clery
.! While we have a natural ad-
SENP AOPY EAST
Sugar Reets, Sorghum, Etc.,
lay a
Water Powers, May 13
Irrigation, May 2U
.Mining, May 27
l-ind. Irrigation, Etc., June 3
Floriculture, June 1
HluMTj Cabbage, ICtc, June 17
WliolHaling and Jobbing,
June 24
Cucumbers, Etc, July 1
ilogs, July 8
(touts,: July 15
School. Ktc. July 22
Sheep. July CO
.National Adverth-lnz. Angust S
&exln, Ktc, August 12
IJvrtock, August if
Grain and'Grain Products. Aug
ust 20
Manufacturing, September 2
Automotive Industrie, Septem
ber 0
Woodworking, Etc, September
.,. 16
Paper SIIIls, September 23
" '( Back' copies of ther Thofs-
day edition of The Daily Ore
gon Statesman are nand.
They are fr aie at 10 cents
eac, inailed to any address.
current copies 5 cents).
vantage over other producing sec
lions in that we. can produce cel
ery of very superior quality, we
are so far removed .from the large
consuming markets that .we . have
a yery heavy freight charge .to
bvercome. For instance, Colorado
ships on a freight rate which "is
about I 35 per cent of our rate.
This makes it imperative that we
-r
ready foV harvest
snip on;y the very best of celery,
and like advantage' of the fact
that our frost ; is delayed later
than In other northern celery pro
ducing sections such as Uichigan
and New Tor k and come in com
petition . more with California,
which state has the same freight
rate that we do. ! '
The Thanksgiving market is the
best market that we can grow, our
celery for In . this state, and our
heaviest competition at that tim
comes from California, which com
petition is not very hard to meet,
(Continual on page 10)
CELERY AS SEEK BYTHE STATION
' FORCE AT BROOKS. SDIPRPOIFJT
The Car Lots Go to. Twenty States and Canada in Cold
Storage People of Florida May Eat Celery from La
bish Meadows in Crisper Condition Than When It
Leaves the Garden It Is the High Quality That Brings
Repeat Orders From Far Places
"Meadow Brand" celery is get
ting a reputation. When it Is con
sidered that car; loads of " this
product went into' twenty- differ
ent states and into Canada, many
of which districts ' not-only are
great celery producers, but pride
themselves on their quality, it is
small wonder that we take, a cer
tain pride in having "the output
move through our station.
Upon every crate is a brand.
This cannot, be said of any other
Oregon celery. The brands, since
the first shipments made in 1915,
have changedisligjitly from season
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Loading a car with ceiery for shipment ; at the Southern
Pacific station at Brooks
to season, but the address. Brooks,
Oregon, is always shown.
Although no shipping point has
xen established that would be an
exact center of the Labish produc
ing territory. Brooks is as . near
that point as . seems necessary
when the excellent highways "and
roads leading here, already con
structed and in the tnakihg,' are
taken into consideration. ,' : '
The racxiities for handling the
smaller lots which generally move
by express have proven adequate.
DW THE PUBLICITY MAN OF THE
DAG GROWS CELERY FOR HOME US
He'AdmitsThat He Has Made Some Failures, But He Will
Not Admit That He Cannot Go Ahead and Do as Much
as Any Other Man With Plants of Any Kind There
. Are Several Celery Problems
fBy C MclNTOSH)
v; Production, of home grown cel
ery certainly has- Its drawbacks,
and It is one of tbefew: home gar
den products likely to be inferior
to the market . article. .. Another
thing is" that" the Inexperienced
grower Is likely to encounter an
entjre failure or so before he
learns the gentle-art -of getting
the Tight eed strain, giving the
plants the right t culture,; taking
care of the health' of his plants,
and blanching up the bunches for
a first class product. The home
gro-wn article has the advantage
of being accessible in quantity de
sired and in the freshest possible
condition,:" It .may be 'produced at
less cost than the market quota
tions, and, most of all, its produc
tion is a' challenge to the: ambi
tious hqme gardener who if he is
as epek-sure of his ability as the
amateur .ought to be wilf never
say die when it comes to compet
ing with the professional. . r
i ; As to seed, the home grower may
make use of hi favorite seed deal-er--every
real enthusiast ha k de
For instance: Salem district has
two counties growing the sacred
myrtle the only place it grows on
thisfcontinent. What unique fact
do you: know about the, district?
Address articles to Slogan Elditor
care Statesman.
Vii mmMitwMWMiiiiiin
but although service and conveni
ences for the car load business
were quite all that was necessary,
say.-two years ago, to such an;ex
tent has thhrshlpping'grown'that
it will be incumbent on the tym
pany to Improve and increase
both.' Some of the expansion has
already been taken care of in the
shape of an improved team track
and driveway-which ranks, as far
as good construction goes, with
any on the division.
It Goes on Ice
All of the car load celery is
shipped "under ice." That is, it
ft
is loaded Intof refrigerator "cars
that are Im:lt with Ice containers
bunkers in each end that will
carry two and a half tons of ice.
As the ice .melts out the car Is
re-iced as It goes, guaranteeing
the celery arriving ,at its destina
tion really in better, condition
than when cut.
. To move these empty iced cars
into the shipping-station and place
them for loading where, and .when
wanted, and then again to start
them with the, Jeast. possible de
lay when they are ready upon
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pendable favorite and order from
his catalog. In itself an additional
thrill. Failing: this, he may con
sult the vegetable gardening sec
tion of the- horticultural, depart
ment, at .the . 8tate college, or, he
may ask his county agent if lucky
enough to have one, . But however
he gets the right seed strain he
mu6t .get it or run the most ser
ious risk of having all his efforts
go to waste by reason of his plants
going to seed Instead of - tender
stalk. ..-...
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- Soil and culture are the ext
problem. For soil I start the seed
in last year hot . bed soil,, disin
fected with hot water in case dis
ease or insects' are suspected. 1
also use . a good , deal of this soil
in the plant rowsenough to lie
next, the plants and give them a
soft,' rich clean contact. iThe oii
within the growing area Is made
light . with welt ,- rotted i manure
sand and ashes. A light sprink
ling of. salt completes the prepara
tion., 7, . ' ; - -.- -.
-The ; plants are kept growing
steadily, as any stagnation In-
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their journey,' - , takes sefrvke,"
alertness and cooperation.. 1 ,
Following the Cars
. It frequently happens tha when
a car of celery is "rolled" tiat the
jobber , to j whom it Is consigned
wishes to place it elsewherb than
originally intended when the car
was billed. This information is
given at once to the railroad at
the shipping point, whereupon the
car - is ; traced by - wire anl the
necessary change made with no
delay to the cargo, f The exlict lo
cation of cars carrying thi type
of freight Is known at all itimes,
bo that a task that at first thought
would seem : enormous- when one
thinks of the thousands-of cars of
oranges, ' grapes,; melons, lettuce -ahdf
such like produce, is no such
ai difficult, matter with the! mod
ern System of 'efficiency. .1 a
z; Is Interesting-Work ' :.
"4It'i1s a; pleasing- experience to
watch the' loading -of. a -car of cel
ery. Coming up-from the fields
crated in truck loads they are un
loaded and checked according to
their sizes 'and the grower's fn umber:-
This, may be put int the
warehouse! w-her'e . it is to. b$ re
sorted or jdireetly, into the cr on
the team track. ) Enough of hem
are weighed to get a fair average,
for it -ia impossible to i&sess
freight charges, as the ice varying
from time to time makes weigh
ing the car on the railroad scale
impracticable. A. tier of twelve
crates is piled next the ice ii the
end of the car, each row offour
being strapped together bylspe
Cially cut. lumber 2 In. x 2 in J and
nailed soUhat they, will not $hifL
Tier upon tier , comes ' until th
doorway ; la reached,; where il left
a small air. space for ventilation.
As four crates do not fill the
width of , the car, there is ajnpla
space around each for the coll air
to circulate, and , onej m'issid)i of "
the; wood straps is to tkeep hese
spaces uniform.' Across the lirger
space in the center bracesl are
nailed endwise so; that eveniwith
the ordinary handling of thefcars
during the many switching mores
there is no chance, of the cates
loosening and becoming damaged.
' i Gives Thanksgiving Thoughts
! Celery when confined, as ii the
tight car 1 gives ; off a plelslng
odor, -which. - with the dampness
of the Icy air, makes one think, of
autumn days and a Thanksgiving
plate. : .-j f , -- -! 'f ;
It. is remarkable how Jkmg a
stalk of celery, properly cuts and
packed, will retain its original
crispness and succulency. Id the
latter part ; of the - season Itf has
been known to tstand two weeks
or more in a warehouse, non too
cool, without showing any deteri
oration save perhaps a slights yel
;owing of the leaves. It Jsl this
qu4j(itythat makes It possibll for
tlofidlan to. taste real celery! the
klM Krowit on the Labish Mead
ows, , ' j? C. V: ASIIBAUGJI.
, " Agent for the Si 1$ Co.
Brooks, Ore.,-Jan. 19 19 2 1. r-
ereases many' times the chance
that celery vr ill seed Instead of
stalk. I apply water as needed in
ditches far enough from the 'plants
to keep free water off of thera but
near enough to reach the feeding
roots. As soon as the top of the
ditch dries out I rnn the rake on
the wheel plow over it to prevent
encrusting; It the sun get very
hot I put garden benches over the
rOWS. , I" . j.;
i When nearly grown the plants
are brought up for bleaching. ;Foot
boards of convenient length! are
put on each side of the straight
ened plant and held at the -i8ht
distance at the top by means of
narrow cross slats with holes
bored for targe nails dropped out
side the - boards. The slats are
nearly a toot long with -enough
hole to j. permit bringing! the
boards as close together a feasi
ble without bruising the plants.
The crop usually bleaches in about
three weeks, so it la best to bleach
In sections as needed,, I
My experience twith disease! con
trol ha not , been satlsfactorK as
I have not succeeded so well :with
the dust treatment which! in Igen
eral has proved more satisfactory
ban the liquid forms. 1 1t Is my be
lief that failure has been du to
imperfections that I might iave
removed, by more careful vlork,
and I am ; certainly minded tight
now to proceed with the dust
forms until I succeed with them
or learn definitely that I cannot.
And. what confirmed home gar
dener such as I ever conceded that
he could not do anything with
plants that anyone else can tlot
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